Languages in Bulgaria? [closed]

1. What languages are close to Bulgarian?
2. What language do most Bulgarians speak?
3. Do they speak Russian in Bulgaria?
4. Can Bulgarians understand Russian?
5. Is Bulgaria poor?
6. Is Bulgarian a hard language?
7. What race are Bulgarians?
8. What is the religion in Bulgaria?
9. Is Bulgaria safe?
10. Can a UK citizen live in Bulgaria?
11. Why do Bulgarians speak Turkish?
12. What countries speak Bulgarian?

What languages are close to Bulgarian?

Bulgarian is most closely related to modern Slovenian, Sebo-Croatian, and Macedonian. It is also closely related to East Slavic languages like Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian, and to West Slavic languages like Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, and Czech.

What language do most Bulgarians speak?

Bulgarian. Bulgarian is the country's only official language. It's spoken by the vast majority of the Bulgarian population and used at all levels of society. It is a Slavic language, and its closest relative is Macedonian.

Do they speak Russian in Bulgaria?

A number of foreign languages are spoken in Bulgaria. Russian is the most commonly spoken foreign language in the country. 35% of the country's population claim to possess a workable knowledge of this language. English is the second most common foreign language in Bulgaria.

Can Bulgarians understand Russian?

Pronunciation is very easy for Russians. Bulgarians are also able to understand a lot of Russian, even if they never learned it but you can't rely on it. Bulgarian and Russian are close but there are also a lot of differences.

Is Bulgaria poor?

Its economy is powered by construction, mining, services – which include tourism – and agriculture sectors. The global economic downturn ended a run of strong economic growth for the country. Bulgaria has a well-educated workforce, but it is considered the poorest nation in the European Union.

Is Bulgarian a hard language?

Of course, it depends of people, but keep in mind that it can take some years to be perfectly fluent in Bulgarian. Bulgarian is known as one of the most difficult languages in the World (category 4), knowing that Japanese is in the most complex category (5). Learning Bulgarian is estimated to 44 weeks (1100 hours).

What race are Bulgarians?

Bulgar, also called Bulgarian, member of a people known in eastern European history during the Middle Ages. A branch of this people was one of the primary three ethnic ancestors of modern Bulgarians (the other two were Thracians and Slavs). The name Bulgaria comes from the Bulgars, a people who are still a...

What is the religion in Bulgaria?

The constitution recognizes Eastern Orthodox Christianity as the country's “traditional” religion, and the law exempts the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC) from registration.

Is Bulgaria safe?

Bulgaria is a very safe country. We avoid military conflicts, crime is low, we don't actively engage in heated political debates, public protests are rare (but avoid them if they do break out), and religions coexist happily on the whole.

Can a UK citizen live in Bulgaria?

If you are a citizen of the UK or a family member of a citizen of the UK, who at the date of Brexit have a valid residence permit, issued by the Republic of Bulgaria, you will retain your residence rights in Bulgaria and you can use your permit up to 1 year after the end of the transition period or up to the expiry of ...

Why do Bulgarians speak Turkish?

Bulgarian Turks are the descendants of Turkish settlers who entered the region after the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, as well as Bulgarian converts to Islam who became Turkified during the centuries of Ottoman rule.

What countries speak Bulgarian?

Bulgarian language